海老鯛

Japanese
Kanji in this term
海 老 鯛
Grade: 2 Grade: 4 たい
Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling
海老鯛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えびたい [èbítáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞bʲita̠i]

Idiom

海老鯛(えびたい) • (ebitai) ←えびたひ (ebitafi)?

  1. Short for 海老で鯛を釣る (ebi de tai o tsuru): fish a sea bream with shrimp; throw a sprat to catch a mackerel

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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